Mothproof bag.



Y No. 806,549. .PATENTED DEC. 5, 1905.

. I G. M. D. MANAHAN'.

MOTHPROOF BAG.

APPLICATION FILED JULY24. 1905.

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WITNESSES: I INVENTOR ATTOHNE )S UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- GEORGE M. n. .MANAHAN, OFNEW YORK, N. Y. MOTHPROOF BAG.

Specification of Letters Patent. l

Patented,Dec. 5, 1905.

Application filed July 24, 1905. Serial No. 271,036.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. D. MANA- HAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of N ewYork city, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved;-

' Moth-Proof Bag, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to moth-plroof bags e Letters such as shown and described in t Patent of the United States No. 785,507,

-' granted to me on March 21, 1905.

- provide a newand improved moth-proof bag The object of the present invention is to which is perfectly moth-proof and air-tight and is provided with garment -supporting means arranged within the bag for supporting garments therein, said means extending to the outside of the bag to permit suspendthe bag 0 ing the latter and its contents from a hook or 0t or support, thus relieving the material of all undue strain, and hence insur ing long life to the moth-proof bag.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as

will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

'- of Fig. 1.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming'a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 1s a perspective view of the improvements. Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the clamping-bars. section of the improvements on the line 4 4 Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the supplementary closing devices. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the back plate for the garment-support; and Fig. 7 is a face view of the blank for forming the bag-body, the garment-support being also shown in potoward each other.

sition.

The bag-body A, of paper or other suitable fabric. material, is adapted to be closed at its mouth by a pair of clamping-bars B B, connected with each other at their ends by springs, preferably in the form of elastic bands B serving to draw the clamping-bars The clamping bars B B are slightly longer than the width of the bag-body A to permit of passing the mouth of the bag-body between the clamping-bars. In practice I prefer to Wrap the mouth of the Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross-.

bag body around the clamping-bar B,-so I that the terminal of the mouth lies on the inner face of the bar B and a portion of the mouth extends down over the said terminal and is pressed against-the same by the other clamping-bar B, thus perfectly closing the mouth of the bag-body to prevent the entrance of insects, dust, &c., into the bag-body and the garments supported therein. For bag-bodies of considerable width I prefer the use of su plementary closing devices 0 at points a istancefrorn the endsof the bars B B, each closing device C being preferably formed of an elastic band C, having stiff end pieces C of cardboard or other material.

The end pieces C are-pushed between the sides of the bag-body and the clamping-bars B B, so that the band C extends over the bars in a transverse direction to assist the sprin -bands B in keeping the bars B and B in a c osed position.

The arments to be supported within the bag-b0 y A are hung on hooks D D, of which the hooks D are hung on a flexible support, preferably in the form of a string or chain E,

while the hook D is hung on a bar D having open eyes D at its ends for engaging the string E, as plainly illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7. The string E, extends through spaced apertures or eyelets F, formed in sets in the back late F,-and through apertures in washers heldbetween the back plate F and the reinforced portion A for-one of the sides of the bag-body A, the said reinforced portion A having a set of re istering apertures A for the pa'ssae of t e ends of the string E to the outsi e of the bag-body.

By the arrangement described it will be seen that the ortion of the string E in front of the back p ate F is in the form of a-loop bag-body A, as indicated in dotted lines in i Fig. 1 to permit of bringing the 'loop E of the garment-supporting string E,-and the back plate F higher up or lower down within the bag-body, according to the shape of the. garments tobe stored in the bag-body A. In

alike manner the string E may be engaged with any one of the sets of apertures F to bring the back plate F higher up or lower down in the bag-body A.

By reference to Figs. 2 and 7 it will be seen that the side of the bag-body A through which passes the string E to the outside has reinforcing portions A both at the inner and outer faces. The ends of the strin E at the outside of the bag-body are lace in apertures B in the bar B, and then the terminals of the string E are connected with a hanger H, in'the form of a ring or the like, adapted to engage a hook in the closet 'in which the bag and its contents are stored. If desired, the string E after being laced with the bar B can be tied into a knot or a bow, and hangers H H such as shown in Fig. 1, may be en-- gaged with the tied end of the string E to suspend the moth-proof bag from a hook in the closet.

On the inner faces of the sides of the bagbody A are secured pockets I and I for containing envelops filled with suitable disinfectant material; but as these pockets and their contents are similar to the ones shown and described in the patent above referred to' it is not deemed necessary to describe the same in detail.

In using the moth-proof bag the garments are placed in the bag-body A at a time the clamping-bars B and B are detached from the ba body, and consequently the mouth of the atter can be readily opened for placing the garments into the bag body. By having the hooks D and D within the bagbody it is evident that the hangers of the garments can be readily engaged with the said hooks, so as to suspend the garments within thebag-body. After the garments are sus ended in the mannerdescribed the user pu ls on the outer ends of the string E, so as to draw the inner or loop portion of the string E and likewise the back plate F in firm position against the inner face of the corresponding side of the bag-body. When this has been done, the mouth of the bag-body A is wrapped around the clamping-bar B in the manner previously described and shown in Figs. 1 and 2, so that the two clamping-bars securely close the mouth of the bag. The ends of the string E are laced with the outermost or unwrappedclamping-bar B, and the terminals of the said string are engaged by hangers for supporting the bag and its contents from a hook in the closet. After the bag-body is closed by the clamping-bars B and B and the string E is properly laced with the clamping-bar B the user may apply the additional or supplementary closing devices C between the ends of the clamping-bars to insure a perfect closing or sealing of the bag-body. The bag-body A is of such size that it readily contains a garment without requiring folding thereof to keep the garment in proper shape while contained in the mothproof bag. The bags when empty can be readily folded u lengthwise, so as to occupy comparatively fittle space for shipping and storing purposes.

From the foregoing it will be seen that garmentssuch as coats, vests, trousers, skirts, shirt-waists, and the like-can be readily stored in the moth-proof bag and without danger of moths or other insects or dust passing into the bag and to the garments contained therein. By rendering the bag airtight it isevident that the garments contained therein are kept perfectly dry, and the disinfectant used within the bag-body is very effective without either spotting or soiling the garments contained in .the bag.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A moth-proof bag comprising a bagbody, a clamping device for closing the mouth of the bag body, and a garmentsupport within the said body and extending through the side of the bag to the outside thereof to engage the said clamping device to relieve the bag-body of undue strain.

2. A moth-proof bag comprising a bagbody, a pair of clamping-bars yieldingly connected with each other and adapted to engage and close the mouth of the said bagbody, one of the bars being wrapped up in I body to the inside thereof, the outer portion of the said flexible garment-support being connected with the outer clampmgbar.

3. A moth-proof bag comprising a bag body having a portion of one of its sides reinforced, the reinforced portion being apertured, and a garment-support comprising an apertured back plate within the bag-body and a flexible support extending through the apertures of the said reinforced portion and the said back plate, the outer ends of the flexible support forming suspension means for the moth-proof bag.

4. A moth-proof bag comprising a bagbody having a portion of one of its sides reinforced, the reinforced portion being apertured, a garment-support comprising an apertured back plate within the bag-body and aflexible support extending through the apertures of the said reinforced portion and the said back plate, and a closing device for closing the mouth of the said bag-body and engaged by the outer ends of the said flexible support.

5. A moth-proof bag comprising a bagbody having a portion of one of its sides reinforced, the reinforced portion being aperertured back plate within the ag-body and a flexible support extending through the apertures of the said reinforced portion and the said back plate, a closing device for closin the mouth of the. said bag-body and engaged by the outer ends of the said flexible support and ahanger connected with the said outer ends of the flexible support for suspending the moth-proof bag from asuitable support.

6. A moth-proof bag comprising a bagbody having a portion of one of its sides reinforced, the reinforced portion being apertured, a garment-support com rising an apertured back plate within the bag-body and a flexible supportextending through the apertures of the said reinforced portion and the said back plate, and a pair of clamping-bars connected with each other at their outer ends by springs, the bars having transverse apertures adapted to be engaged by the outer ends of the said flexible support.

7. A moth-proof-bag comprising a bagbody having a portion of one of its sides reinforced, the reinforced portion being apertured, a garment-support comprising an a ertured back plate Within the bag-body and a flexiblesupport extending through theapertures of the said reinforced portion and the said back plate, and apertured washers interposed between the plate and the reinforced portion of theba -body and through which extends the said exible support.

8.'A moth-proof bag comprising a bagbody, a pair of clam ing-bars engaging the mouth of the bag-b0 y for closing the same,

a garment-support Within the said bag-body and extendin through one side thereof to enga e one o the said clamping-bars, and supp ementary closing devices engaging the clamping-bars and the mouth of the bagbody.

' In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

. GEORGE M. D. MANAHAN.

Witnesses:

Tnno. G. Hosrnn, EVERARD B. MARsHALL. 

